TYLER FLORENCE'S LASAGNA

Steps:

• Boil pasta 8 minutes in salted water. Drain and rinse in cold water. Drizzle with olive oil so they don't stick. Heat a large skillet over medium heat and drizzle with a 2-count of olive oil. Saute onion, garlic and bay leaf for a couple of minutes until the onions are translucent. Add the ground beef and pork and cook until brown, about 10 minutes. Drain excess fat. Combine fennel seeds, red pepper flakes, brown sugar and dried oregano in a spice mill or clean coffee grinder, give it a whirl and sprinkle on browned meat. Stir in tomato paste until well blended, season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat. In a large bowl, combine ricotta and Parmigiano cheeses. Fold in parsley, basil and eggs, season with salt and pepper, mix well. Preheat oven to 350 F. Layer in 13x9 baking dish. Add just enough pasta sauce to cover the bottom. Add 4 noodles to cover sauce and 2 on short ends of pan. Layer: Noodles, meat (1/2 the mixture), ricotta mixture (1/2 of mix), mozzarella (1/3 of mix), 1 cup of pasta sauce. Repeat. Finish with layer of nboodles, tomato sauce and the remaining mozzarella. Bake for 90 minutes, until golden and bubbling. Allow lasagna to sit for 20 minutes before serving.